Friday, February 13, 2009

It's Not About the Money

Motorists who are stopped by police while chatting or texting on handheld devices now face higher fines in Chicago.

The City Council approved the measure yesterday.

Drivers caught on handheld mobile phones in Chicago could face fines of $100. It was $75 before.

If someone gets into an accident while on the phone, the maximum fine more than doubles, from $200 to $500.

But, Mayor Richard M. Daley insists it’s not about the money. He says it's an issue of safety.

And on Thursday, we saw a wondrous sight. Not one, but two CTA supervisors out writing tickets in honor of Lincoln's Birthday. The CTA supervisors were not writing cars parked in bus stops, but rather Rush Hour Parking Restrictions (7am-9am or 4pm-6pm) along the route.

On a city holiday.

We're sure that was all about safety, too, and not hammering a few hundred citizens who might have taken the opportunity to sleep in with the kids off school and many businesses closed.

27 Comments:

Anonymous said...

you atract more bees with honey than you do with shit. this city stinks !Daley and Brobama - know what they are doing...getting everyone in a panic trying to get them to believe there's justification to raise taxes. Stop drinking the kool aid. There is no crisis , no need to get everyone in a panic. Things have been worse , they got better...so it has happened , so it will happen again.

Motorists who are stopped by police while chatting or texting on handheld devices now face higher fines in Chicago.

The City Council approved the measure yesterday.

Drivers caught on handheld mobile phones in Chicago could face fines of $100. It was $75 before.

If someone gets into an accident while on the phone, the maximum fine more than doubles, from $200 to $500.___________________________________NOW IF THEY CAN FIND SOMEONE TO WRITE THOSE TICKETS, THEY'LL BE ALL SET ! ! !

HEY SCC, YOU GAVE ME ANOTHERREVENUE DRIVEN IDEA ON USING CPD VEHICLES,AND THAT IS OUTLINED>>>>

(ADVERTISING), ON ALL CARS, WAGONS,YOU KNOW ALL THE BLUE OVER WHITES.NOW THAT IS GONNA BRING IN A TON ADOUGH. BUT WAIT THE BIGGEST AD CASHWILL COME FROM THE UNMARKED CARS,VANS,DECOYS,YOU NAME IT.FIRST OFFTHE UNMARKED HAVE MORE ROOM FOR MORE ADS = MORE MONEY. NO VEHICLESWILL BE EXCLUDED,CARS FROM 35TH ST.ARE IN THE GOLD STAR PREMIUM CLASSOF ADVERT RATES. #1 THOSE CARS ARESHINY AND CLEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT I'MSAYIN. THEY WILL ONLY CARRY ADVERTSFROM THE BIG RETAILERS OVER BY THEMAG MILE AND GOLD COST. THIS COULDBE BIG, CLEAR CHANEL,VIACOM, PLEASECALL THE HALL, THEY'RE WAITEEENG...

Hey chat away and text your ass off, you have nothing to fear from many of us. I for one will never write someone for texting, like cell phone use, unless they cause an accident and it can be proven. LOL, KMA

Make all laws goofs! We will never enforce such stupidity! Hey the alderthieves are sworn they can write tickets! As a bonus they can use overpaid D-3 valets to write tickets they do nothing else? "want me to shine your shoes sir"!

Where are the race baiters on this one. As everyone knows flat rate taxes adversely impact the poor more so than they do the well off. Jesse's folks are going to be hurt more by this than the rich folk that live near the borders of chitroit.

hope they don't expect police assistance if CTA ticket writing results any altercations with irate citizens - i'm sure as f*** not responding to it

2/13/2009 03:41:00 PM

You WILL respond, you asswipe! At its barest minimum, THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE REQUIREMENT of your chosen profession.If you sit and analyze who you'll respond for or for what kind of call, YOU ARE A WORTHLESS FUCK.

Guys like you are worse than anything that J-Fed does. You are a disgusting cancer in our Dept. Do us all a favor and leave before you get someone hurt, Jagoff!

you atract more bees with honey than you do with shit. this city stinks !Daley and Brobama - know what they are doing...getting everyone in a panic trying to get them to believe there's justification to raise taxes. Stop drinking the kool aid. There is no crisis , no need to get everyone in a panic. Things have been worse , they got better...so it has happened , so it will happen again.

2/13/2009 12:26:00 AM________________________________A small, but salient, correction. Bees MAKE honey. They are not attracted to it.

Last week my 77-year-old father got a parking ticket from a Department of Revenue lackey at a meter in the area of Belmont and Clark. There was almost half an hour left on his meter. A friend of my dad's took a picture of the meter. I told him not to mail the payment next time, I'd be more than happy to escort him to a hearing. Not only that, my dad's car was stolen on 03 January. Some genius in 018 issued him tickets for being at an expired meter on the 5th, 7th and 9th of January. I know the car came up hot in LEADS because I checked daily to see if it had been recovered. Thanks, guys, for stressing the old man out.

They left out Homosexual Alderman who own restaurants are exempt from this ordinance. If they are written the violation the DC will hand deliver their license along w/a bouquet of long stem roses to smooth their ruffled feather boas.